So easy to throw into your Crock-Pot on a busy day: Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Sandwiches make for a simple, family pleasing dinner! How about a nice Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Sandwiches recipe in the April 9, 2017 edition of Sunday Scratchups: Your weekly recipe from scratch around ingredients that are either on sale or generally affordable. (I guess I've …

As you may have noticed from some of the recipes and earlier discussions posted here, I've owned an Instant Pot since picking mine up on Prime Day last summer. I have been using it fairly regularly for meal prep (making things like homemade vegetable broth and boneless skinless chicken breast), as well as for a …

I mentioned the other day that MashupDad had picked up a couple of new baby chicks on a trip to Big R this weekend. In his words: "Since we already had a lot of stuff, growing the flock is a lot cheep-er than starting from scratch." This brings us to six total, as we were …

Here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 4/9/17: Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday. *** Subscribe to the weekly ALDI meal plans here *** Hope you find these useful! Things to know about these ALDI meal plans A few notes before we get started: I …

This easy vegetarian black bean chili recipe is a great meatless meal to throw together with pantry staples when you don't know what's for dinner! Naturally gluten free. Here’s a simple yet flavorful recipe to add to your Meatless Monday meal planning options: Easy Vegetarian Black Bean Chili! This one is both super affordable and super …

Let’s check in on week fourteen of refined sugar & me in 2017! This week I lost another pound, bringing that total to 11 pounds so far this year. At this point I'm losing about a pound every two weeks, which is maddeningly slow -- but at least it's in the right direction, so I will be …